connection; link; relationship
crisis; critical situation; emergency; pinch
dangerous; in danger; facing imminent danger; precarious (situation); perilous (state, balance, etc.); in doubt
to be too late; to be too slow
to walk about; to walk around; to conduct oneself; to turn up; to brawl (in a play, etc.)
absence; being away from home; house-sitting; house-sitter; being left unattended to (of one's studies, etc.); neglecting
meticulous; careful; discreet; scrupulous; prudent
impossible; unlikely; improbable
to be indelibly stained or ingrained; to be dyed in deeply
to feign friendliness; to play the hypocrite
to become blunt; to grow dull; to become less capable; to weaken; to falter
looking on (somebody) as hostile
to cross over (e.g. mountain); to go across; to get over (e.g. hardship); to pass time (e.g. a winter); to surpass; to be better than; to move house
overanxiety; needless worry
to go through; to pass through; to get through; to cut across
energy; vigour; vigor; liveliness; spirit; life
to fade (of a colour); to grow dull in color (colour); to lose vividness; to lose freshness; to grow stale
nervousness; oversensitivity
cracking sound (e.g. cracking one's knuckles); crunching sound
with a clash; with a thud; unexpectedly (meeting someone); suddenly (ending); abruptly (coming to a halt)
to harden; to solidify; to become firm; to become certain; to gather (together); to assemble
to wipe; to mop up; to get rid of (an impression, feeling, blemish, etc.); to dispel (e.g. shame); to erase
to open one's mouth (to talk); to (start to) tell
confectionery; sweets; candy; cake
to take something into ...; to bring in; to lodge (a complaint); to file (a plan); to bring to (a state: tied game, vote, trial, etc.)
to smell; to smell of; to have a smell
homeroom; form room; form class
in the meanwhile; during the time
turning round; going around; turning about; surrounding; encircling
methodical; precise; meticulous; wooden post that has been carved to have a rounded corner with grooves running along either side of it
to abide (by the rules); to keep to the regulations
second day of the month; two days
to spread; to extend; to unfold; to open; to scatter about; to spread around
first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)
to poke (repeatedly, lightly); to nudge; to peck at (one's food); to pick at; to peck at (someone's faults, etc.); to egg on
to poke fun at; to make fun of; to send up
noon; midday; daytime; lunch
sticking; clinging; with a smack (e.g. sitting down); hard; all over; thickly
to bend down; to bow down; to prostrate oneself; to hide oneself
falling asleep easily; finding it easy to fall asleep